string of homeless encampment fires highlight dangers to residents: firefighters called to sites every two days earlier this year /

A rash (hasty, incautious) of fires at Oakland homeless encampments this week highlights the dangers to people living at these spaces.

In fact,these blazes gain became so common that the Oakland Fire Department recently began keeping track of them with their own code.

According to department call data, the new designation was first used on May 23.…

Source: eastbayexpress.com